re: Possible new Blue Marlin record caught at Tarpon rodeoPosted by Sus-Scrofa on 7/27/13 at 10:10 pm to JAB528

From my limited experience, if it took 13 hours it was on gear that it would take 13 hours on. If it was on gear that would take 13 hours on, not many guys have stamina AND A BACK, that can do that. I'd be fricked up after that.

Unless this is some odd tourney where you can pass off to other fishers.

re: Possible new Blue Marlin record caught at Tarpon rodeoPosted by Sus-Scrofa on 7/27/13 at 10:17 pm to Gulffisherman

quote:Like I said, some fish have more fight in them than others. Fish could have sounded in 2000' of water and had to plane it up for hours. Could have been on 50 lb line and not able to put a lot of drag on it. Won't know til we hear directly from the crew. I fought a yellowfin in Costa Rica for 9 hrs one day on a 50 shimano; 327 lbs and had to rebuild the damn reel. Ate good though. Then again, I caught a 676 lb blue out of venice in 45 minutes on a 130' flat seas and backed down hard-- fish stayed up close and never sounded. Its all fishing. Congrats Whoo Dat and to the Tarpon Rodeo-2nd oldest fishing tournament in the good old USA.

Yeah it comes down to the captain. A lot of the real charter or tourney trip stories I've ever heard involving large fish like this involve the fish dying and some poor sap trying to lug him up by himself as dead weight.

re: Possible new Blue Marlin record caught at Tarpon rodeoPosted by El Jefe on 7/27/13 at 10:22 pm to JAB528

I can promise you they had no less than 50s on the boat and more than likely 80s. That is a legit fish by a legit team, no fly by nighters I can assure you. Whether it died in the fight or not is irrelevant, it was a fish that should be brought in, particularly in a tournament. Nothing bad about that and certainly something to be proud of.

If anyone says they wouldn't do the same is full of shite. Those boys were pumped and rightly so.

re: Possible new Blue Marlin record caught at Tarpon rodeoPosted by Sus-Scrofa on 7/27/13 at 10:34 pm to El Jefe

quote:I can promise you they had no less than 50s on the boat and more than likely 80s. That is a legit fish by a legit team, no fly by nighters I can assure you. Whether it died in the fight or not is irrelevant, it was a fish that should be brought in, particularly in a tournament. Nothing bad about that and certainly something to be proud of. If anyone says they wouldn't do the same is full of shite. Those boys were pumped and rightly so

I was saying dying is normal and makes the accomplishment even more impressive.

re: Possible new Blue Marlin record caught at Tarpon rodeoPosted by Gulffisherman on 7/27/13 at 10:40 pm to TJG210

quote:How does tag and release work in these tournaments?

There are multiple video requirements, like a daily designator shown in the video, video your fish to identify the species, video the actual release along side boat, and the immediately video date and time stamp on boats GPS. Different point levels for different billfish species depending on tournament format.